Renowned author of 'The New Jim Crow' says the death of Freddie Gray points to the need for concerted community action to halt excessive force targeted at African Americans. A discussion of the school to prison pipeline and how the The US government, law enforcement agencies, prison industrial complex and banks profit from the War On Drugs.

Construction of An Earth Library in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Using locally sourced materials and labour.

Max Boot discusses his new book, "Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare From Ancient Times to the Present," as part of the Pritzker Military Library Presents series.

SPEAKER:
Max Boot
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Nancy Houghton

http://www.cfr.org/wars-and-wa....rfare/history-future

The Hadzabe tribe of Northern Tanzania, Africa are a unique hunter gatherer tribe found near Lake Eyasi, The Great Rift Valley. This video is a introduction and insight into the their language.

On February 9, 2000 - Ponoko Rashidi speaks with Dr Edward Bynum and Dr. Clinton Crawford at Medgar Evers College as part of the Black History Month Event Series.

⁣Darren will share his research that looks at the important historical and current events that have impacted and shaped the lives of African people in the diaspora. He will provide insight into some of traumatic experiences that we as the current generations inherit and how it affects us today.

Exploring some of the healing modalities accessible through rites of passage which include the use of entheogenic plants, Darren will highlight some ground breaking research that supports these activities as a way to start the healing process.

With the renaissance gaining momentum, how do we ensure that all people across the world, from all backgrounds, are represented at the table and consulted about the future applications of these psychedelic experiences?

Darren Springer is a grass-roots researcher and event organiser based in London. After setting up Ancient Future in 2006, he has continued to develop workshops and projects geared around creative arts, personal-development and African-Caribbean spiritual systems in his community. Collectively his work aims to inform and empower individuals from diverse backgrounds to cope with social challenges and contribute to community development as well as self-improvement in an innovative and culturally-aware style. He has presented at the Breaking Convention in London, the Detroit Entheogenic Conference, Ozora in Hungary, Altered in Berlin and numerous consciousness. Darren is a knowledgeable and dynamic speaker who is passionate about sharing his research on African Entheogenic plants and their various applications on the continent and the diaspora.

⁣Mzansi's Youngest Sangoma, this plays in the southern part of Africa, the initiate is very young, but as we know, you can get your ancestral calling either very young or when your a bit older, Malidoma Some also talks about this, go look it up.
footage taken from Daily SunTV

⁣Olokun Juju dance Ceremony

African Americans have been fighting for reparations since emancipation. Some AAs believe this is solely our fight and that we will win by our efforts alone. Others believe reparations is possible with the help of Mother Africa and Diasporan Africans. Join me this Saturday at 8pm EST as I discuss this topic with Brother Omowale Afrika.

The Afrikan Cultural Basis of Afrikan Development

Texts:

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa -Chapter 1 [Walter Rodney]
Education As Cultural Imperialism [Martin Carnoy]
Economic Development [Michael Todaro]
The Development of the Black Child [Amos N. Wilson]
Black Power [Amos N. Wilson]
Cultural Liberation Vital for our Economic Development [Joseph Mihangwa - The Mirror Digest Feb 6-12, 2012]
The Stern Realities on African Development [Joseph Mihangwa - The Mirror Digest Aug 24-30, 2012]
Growing Economic Inequality Risks to Tear Nation Apart [Mboneko Munyaga - Daily News Aug 25, 2012]
Tanzania/SA Paradigm: Poverty and Plenty? [Makwaia wa Kuhenga - Daily News July 6, 2012]


Dr. Ambakisye-Okang Olatunde Dukuzumurenyi
Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economics
Associate Director, Research & Publication
Editor-in-Chief/Managing Editor East Afrikan Journal of Research
Tumaini University Iringa University College
Tanzania, East Afrika


Dr. Ambakisye-Okang Olatunde Dukuzumurenyi a citizen of the United States of America and expatriate resident of the United Republic of Tanzania. Dr. Dukuzumurenyi is a graduate of Grambling State University, Grambling, LA with a Bachelors of Arts in History and Masters of Public Administration in Public Administration with emphasis in Health Service Administration and of Southern University A & M College with an earned Doctorate of Philosophy in Public Policy Analysis from the Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Dr. Dukuzumurenyi is an Afrikan-centered educator, public policy analyst, public administration scholar, political scientist, and public lecturer on Afrikan education, history, economics, politics and spirituality emphasizing systems design and strategic planning in the development of Afrikan political, military, social and economic agency. He has served the Afrikan community as an Afrikan American Studies, Geography and Economics teacher in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System of the United States for nine years, as an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Southern University A & M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for one year and as Associate Director of Research and Publication, Editor of the Journal of East Afrikan Research and Lecturer on the Faculties of Education, Cultural Anthropology and Tourism, Business and Development Studies at the University of Iringa in the United Republic of Tanzania, East Afrika for two years. The guiding influences for Dr. Dukuzumurenyi have been the works of Dr. Amos N. Wilson, Dr. Asa Hilliard, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochanan, Dr. Marimba Ani, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah, Minister Malcolm X, Stephen Biko, Shaka Zulu, Mangaliso Sobukwe & Ptahhotep to name only a select few.